BBC: AI chatbots could be making you stupider

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BBC: AI chatbots could be making you stupider

AI chatbots could be making you stupider

As large language models take over more and more cognitive tasks, researchers are warning this mental outsourcing comes with a cost.

(www.bbc.com)

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"... Those who used their own minds had a brain that was "on fire", showing widespread activity across many parts of the brain, she says. The search engine-only group still showed strong activity in the visual parts of the brain, but the ChatGPT group showed notably less brain activity – it was reduced by up to 55%...."

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